Wagon-hound



A. J. HARPER.

WAGON HOUND.

Patented Apr. 171883.,

(No Model.)

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NITED STATES PATENT OFFICE ANDREW J. HARPER, OF UNIONVILLE CENTRE, OHIO.

WAGON-HOUND.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 275,907, dated April 17, 1883.

Application filed December 12, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ANDREW J. HARPER, of Unionville Centre, in the county of Union and State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Wagon-Hounds; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- 7 Figure l is a side View; Fig. 2, a plan view, and Fig. 3 a section through the line 00 x of Fig. 2.

My invention is an improvement in wagonhounds formed of iron braces bolted to the axle and bolster, so as to avoid cutting the wood of the latter; and it consists in the peculiar connection of the iron braces to the tongue, and in the peculiar connection of said braces in the rear of the axle, as will be hereinafter more fully described.

In the drawings, A represents the axle; B, the bolster; H, the tongue, and O C the iron hound braces, one set of which, 0, extend over the top of the boister', and the other of which, 0, extend under the axle. The pair of braces (J and O on each side are at their front ends bolted or riveted respectively to the top and bottom of a cast-iron block, a, which is perforated in horizontal direction to receive the tongue-rod or long bolt b, that fastens the tongue to the hound-braces O 0. Between these blocks a and the tongue are bracketirons 0, bolted to thetongue, and through which the tongue-bolt or pivot-rodalso passes. These bracket-irons serve to hold the tongue steady against twisting, and also prevent wear from chating. Upon the tongue bolt or rod 1), and outside of the blocks a c, are also fastened the forward ends of the side braces, D D. These side braces extend back to the axle, and are fastened to the same, either by the hookbolts d or by clips. In the rear of the axle the iron braces O O are bolted respectively to the top and bottom sides of a wooden crossbar, E, the upper braces being let into mortises or slots in said cross-bar, and the whole firmly fastened together by an iron bar, F, running along the top of bar E, with bolts or rivets e passing through the bars E F and the braces C 0. Between this cross-bar E and the axle the brace-bars are held apart by spools ff, and the pairs of braces O G on each side are also connected byan elevated cross-bar, G, of metal, whose ends are bent downwardly at right angles and extended through holes in the braces, and also. through the spools to hold the same in place.

The invention as thus described is an improvement upon that for which I have already filed an application for a patent, June 17,1882, and constitutes a cheaper and more substantial construction.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. The combination, with the wagon-tongue having bracket-irons c c and the tongue-bolt or pivot-rod I), of the metallic hound-braces O and O, and the interposed metal blocks ac, riveted or bolted between the upper and lower braces of the wagon-hound, and havingahorizontal perforation for the pivot-rod, substantially as shown and described.

2. The elevated cross-bar G,having its ends bent downwardly at right angles, combined with the perforated hound-braces O O and the interposed spoolsf, and having its ends extended through and securing said braces and spools, substantially as shown and described.

ANDREW J. HARPER. lVitnesses:

LEONIDAS PIPER, J osnrn HAWN. 

